chin rest
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- noun
- /tʃɪn rɛst/
- Specialized
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apoyachin
- The eye-tracking camera, chin rest, and chair were then adjusted.
- chin rest used
Examples
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Place your chin on the chin rest.
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A forehead rest and a chin rest were used to minimize head movements during the eye movement portion of the study.
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Eye movements were tracked with a table-mounted camera (Eyelink 1000, SR Research), and a chin rest was used to stabilize the head.
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Eye movement recording was conducted with participants sitting in a chair approximately 50-55 cm from the computer monitor and placing their chins on a chin rest used to minimize head movement during tracking.
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When brought to the eye-tracking testing room, the student was asked to sit in a chair approximately 50-55 cm from the computer monitor and to place his or her chin on a chin rest used to stabilize the head during tracking.
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Although researchers have examined the impact of chin rests (Okner, Kernozeck, & Wade, 1997) and their ability to mitigate shoulder pain, more research is needed.
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To improve your violin playing, make sure to rest your chin comfortably on the chin rest.
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The chin rest on my viola helps keep my posture steady while I play.
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After adjusting the height, he placed his chin on the chin rest and focused on the music.
Synonyms
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A support that you put something on to keep it steady
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a support for the chin' is directly and compositionally derived from the constituents 'chin' (body part) + 'rest' (a support/device), following a straightforward noun-noun compounding pattern. This transparent, literal relation is cross-linguistically common and would be clear to an average B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Chin rest is a small pad fixed to a violin or viola where a player puts their chin to rest. That picture of the chin sitting on a little pad explains why the name means 'a support for the chin' and why it helps keep the instrument steady while playing.